/NLE/CRSreports/05jun/RL32884.pdf /NLE/CRSreports/05aug/RL32884.pdf.... [expand] [read report]Abstract: This report provides background on the emerging conflict over interpretation
and implementation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Clean Water Act (CWA). For the more than 30 years since they were enacted, there has been little apparent conflict between the.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Pesticides, Water, Legislative

11-Dec-2000; John Blodgett; 22 p.Abstract: In recent years, the interest in alternatives to the nation's ¨command-and- control¨ approach to environmental protection has heightened. Driving this interest are concerns that the current approach is inefficient and excessively costly, and that it is ineffective in addressing certain pro.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Risk & Reform, Pollution, Pesticides

4-Dec-1996; Linda-Jo Schierow; 11 p.Abstract: On August 3, 1996, President Clinton signed P.L. 104-170, which contains significant amendments to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). Although it does not repeal the Delaney Clause, the new law removes pesticide residues .... [expand] [read report]Topics:Pesticides

9-Nov-1992; Donna U. Vogt; 28 p.Abstract: Under the authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for establishing tolerances for pesticide residues in or on foods and feeds. Tolerances are legal limits to the amount of pesticide residues that can be found on a raw ag.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Pesticides

26-Oct-1997; Linda-Jo SchierowAbstract: In 1986, Congress directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a national inventory of toxic releases to the environment by manufacturing facilities and to use the inventory to inform the public about chemicals used and released in their communities. Since enactment of the Em.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Pesticides

13-Sep-1995; Donna U. Vogt; 19 p.Abstract: The 104th Congress is actively debating proposals to reform several aspects of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) process for regulating consumer products, including its approval process for food additives. In June 1995, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced at a House Government Re.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Pesticides